The GOP and Fox News grasp at 2016 straws during the news dumps, even trying to spin Vitter's allegations as a violation of the
GOP 11th Commandment, making it therefore "fair & balanced". That it is coincident with the Nigerian elections seems all too convenient for a back-benching Senator to be on a fishing expedition. And as if grabbing for a firm grip on hard truth wasn't out of the reach of Fox News, they just now released another
email hunting story on HRC's right hand, Huma Abedin, the wife of Anthony Weiner.
This won't be the last of trying to connect multiple memes of impropriety to Hillary as 2016 approaches where manufactured character issues have little to do with real national governance and policy.
It's time for a reckoning or a changing, Senator Vitter, since equally "ludicrous and laughable" dot-connecting associations are what got you into a pant-load of trouble with sex workers.
A GOP senator's questions over whether a foreign donor swayed Hillary Clinton's decisions while secretary of state have triggered a nasty -- and rather unusual -- dispute with a fellow Republican.
Last week, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., raised new conflict-of-interest concerns for Clinton regarding donations to her family's foundation, questioning whether Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Gilbert Chagoury played any role in her initial opposition to designating a major terror group.
Chagoury, a Nigerian citizen of Lebanese descent, has donated millions to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and has long ties to the family. The Louisiana senator wants to know if that history had anything to do with Clinton's reluctance to designate Boko Haram a terror group while secretary of state.
"Chagoury is a huge donor to the Clinton Foundation," Vitter told FoxNews.com. "He clearly had an interest in keeping Nigeria looking better than it was. [The designation] would have absolutely hurt his bottom line.
"It is not a difficult set of dots to connect."
Vitter sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry last week raising these questions, saying: "We need to know if Mr. Chagoury had any influence in the decision not to designate Boko Haram an FTO, or had any other influence with Sec. Clinton's foreign policy decisions."
Chagoury did not respond to a request for comment.
But a veteran Republican media strategist in Washington, Mark Corallo, did. He's calling Vitter's "intimation" that Chagoury tried to delay the Boko Haram designation "ludicrous and laughable."
(2012) Why Was Philandering Senator David Vitter Tweeting to This Young Lady Last Night?
Five years ago, Louisiana Senator David Vitter was humiliated when he was outed as a client of the infamous "DC Madam," Deborah Palfrey. Back then, reports said that not only did Vitter see prostitutes on numerous occasions, he was rumored to have a fetish for wearing diapers, like a man-baby. Palfrey ended up committing suicide in 2008, while Vitter, a staunch family values advocate, remains a sitting senator. And now it looks like the GOP hypocrite may be up to some more shady dalliances.
Last evening, Vitter tweeted "@LuvMy_Kisses" from his verified Twitter account. Though the tweet was quickly deleted, it was archived here thanks to the Sunlight Foundation's Politwoops service.